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^In  Commemoration 


LIFE  AND  PUBLIC  SERVICES 


Frederic  T,  Greenhalge, 


LATE  GOVERNOR  OF  THE  COMMONWEALTH. 


PRINTED   BY  ORDER   OF  THE   GENERAL   COURT. 


€ommonfa£aIt|[  of  "^nssnt^n&tiU. 


IN  THE  YEAR  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  AND  NINETY-SIX. 


Resolve 

TO   PROVIDE   FOR   PUBLISHING   A    REPORT   OF   THE   PUBLIC   EXERCISES 

COMMEMORATIVE    OF    FREDERIC    T.  GREENHALGE,  LATE 

GOVERNOR    OF   THE    COMMONWEALTH. 

OESOLYED,  That  there  be  allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  treas- 
ury of  the  Commonwealth  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
dollars  to  meet  the  expense  of  publishing  the  report  of  the  public 
exercises,  held  under  the  direction  of  the  executive  and  legisla- 
tive departments  of  the  Commonwealth,  commemorative  of  the 
life  and  public  services  of  Frederic  T.  Greeuhalge,  late  governor 
of  the  Commonwealth.  Said  report  shall  be  printed  under  the 
direction  of  the  secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  and  shall  include 
a  portrait  of  the  late  governor,  the  introductory  remarks  by  His 
Honor  Lieutenant-Governor  Roger  Wolcott,  the  prayer  oflFered  by 
the  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale  and  the  eulogy  pronounced  by 
United  States  Senator  Henry  Cabot  Lodge,  also  an  appendix 
wherein  shall  be  printed  the  programme  at  the  public  exercises 
and  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  legislature. 

There  shall  be  printed  a  sufficient  number  of  co^Mes  thereof  to 
be   distributed   as   follows :    To  the   family   of  the   late   governor, 


THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 


twenty-five  copies,  to  the  lieutenant-governor,  members  of  the 
executive  council,  the  secretary,  treasurer,  auditor,  and  attorney- 
general  of  the  Commonwealth,  ten  copies  each,  and  to  the  secre- 
taries and  messengers  of  the  executive  department,  each  one  copy. 
To  each  member  and  officer  of  the  General  Court  for  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-six,  ten  copies.  To  each  messenger 
and  page  of  the  General  Court,  and  to  each  State  House  watch- 
man and  elevator  man,  one  copy.  To  each  reporter  regularly 
assigned  a  seat  in  the  reporters'  gallery,  one  coi)y.  To  the  orator 
and  chaplain  of  the  day,  each  twenty-five  copies.  To  each 
senator  and  representative  from  the  Commonwealth  in  the  con- 
gress of  the  United  States,  one  copy.  To  the  State  library,  twenty 
copies.  To  each  free  public  library'  in  the  Commonwealth,  one 
copy.  To  each  city  and  town  of  the  Commonwealth  in  which 
there  is  no  free  public  library,  one  copy.  To  each  historical 
society  in  the  Commonwealth,  one  copy.  To  each  state  and  terri- 
tory in  the  United  States,  one  copy.  To  the  secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth  for  distribution  at  his  discretion,  two  hundred 
copies.  Approved  May  15. 


CONTENTS. 


Introduction, 

Remarks  by  His  Honor  Roger  Wolcott, 
Prayer  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale,  D.D., 
Eulogy  by  Hon.  Henry  Cabot  Lodge, 
Programme  of  Public  Exercises, 
Resolutions  of  the  General  Court, 

Proclamation, 

Memorial  Tribute  by  the  Council, 


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23 
27 
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59 
61 
63 


Introduction. 


7T  T  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Council  held  on 
/l  Thursda}',  March  5,  1896,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  fore- 
noon, His  Honor  the  Lieutenant-Governor  announced 
the  death  of  His  Excellency  Frederic  T.  Greenhalge. 
The  Council  thereupon  advised  the  issuing  of  the 
proclamation  which  is  printed  on  page  61  of  this 
volume.  A  committee,  consisting  of  Councillors  Har- 
low, Southwick  and  Eyder,  was  appointed  to  draft 
and  report  suitable  resolutions,  and  also  to  confer  with 
His  Honor  the  Lieutenant-Governor  and  a  joint  com- 
mittee of  the  Legislature  regarding  arrangements  for 
the  funeral. 

It  was  also  voted  to  invite  the  ex-members  of  the 
Executive  Council  who  served  during  the  term  of 
Governor  Greenhalge  to  accompany  the  Lieutenant- 
Governor  and  the  Council  to  the  funeral. 

On  Thursday,  March  5,  1896,  both  In-anches  of  the 
General  Court  were  in  receipt  of  the  following  com- 
munication :  — 


THE   GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Executive  Department,  Boston,  March  5,  1896. 

To  the  Honorable  Senate  and  House  of  Bejjresentatives. 

His  Excellency  Frederic  T.  Greenhalge,  Governor  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  died  at  his  lionie 
in  Lowell  this  fifth  day  of  March  at  12.30  a. jr.  It  is 
with  a  profound  sense  of  personal  sorrow  that  I  nialve 
this  official  announcement  to  your  honorable  bodies. 

Not  for  seventy-one  years  has  the  Commonwealth 
been  called  to  mourn  the  death  of  her  supreme  execu- 
tive magistrate  during  his  term  of  oflice.  Tlie  grief 
which  her  loyal  citizens  wouhl  ever  feel  at  the  un- 
timel}^  death  of  one  in  high  ofiicc  is  increased  by 
their  ai)preciation  of  the  al)ility,  fidelity  and  courage 
which  Governor  Greenhalge  lias  displayed  in  the  per- 
formance of  his  lal)orious  and  responsil)le  duties.  His 
devotion  to  the  l)est  interests  of  the  Connnonwealth 
has  been  conscientious  and  unremitting.  He  has  not 
spared  time  or  strength  in  her  service. 

By  his  manly  independence  of  thought  and  speech, 
by  his  high  sense  of  loyalty  and  patriotism,  and  by 
his  kindliness  of  nature,  he  has  endeared  himself  to 
all  her  citizens.  His  memory  is  safe  in  their  keeping. 
His  name  will  find  permanent  place  on  the  roll  of 
those  who  have  faithfully  and  ably  served  the  Com- 
monwealtli  of  Massachusetts. 


INTRODUCTION. 


Your  honorable  bodies  will  doubtless  take  such 
action  as  may  seem  to  you  befitting  this  solemn  occa- 
sion, and  I  shall  endeavor  to  meet  the  convenience  of 
any  committees  that  may  be  appointed,  with  the  view 
of  conferrino;  as  to  the  Ijest  methods  of  showinoj 
respect  to  his  honored  memory. 

Roger   Wolcott, 

LieiUcnaiit- Governor,  Actinrj  Governor. 


The  message  of  the  Acting  Governor  was  read  and 
referred  to  a  joint  special  committee,  consisting  of 
President  Lawrence  and  Messrs.  Pearson,  Galloupe 
and  Roe  of  the  Senate,  witli  Speaker  Meyer  and 
Messrs.  Myers  of  Cambridge,  Hayes  of  Lowell,  Slade 
of  Fall  River,  George  of  Haverhill,  LTtley  of  Brook- 
line,  Tolman  of  Pittsfield  and  Moriarty  of  Worcester 
of  the  House.  This  committee  was  instructed  to  con- 
fer with  His  Honor  the  Lieutenant-Governor  and  re- 
port what  action  should  be  taken  by  the  General 
Court.  Both  branches  then  adjourned  as  a  mark  of 
respect  to   the   memory   of  the   late   Governor. 

On  the  following  day,  March  6,  the  joint  special 
committee,  having  conferred  with  His  Honor  the  Lieu- 
tenant-Governor, reported  in  part  as  follows  :  — 


10  THE   GREENHALGE    MEMORIAL. 

"In  accordance  with  the  expressed  wishes  of  the 
immediate  family  of  Governor  Greenhalge,  the  funeral 
services  will  take  place  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Lowell  on  Monday  next.  The  fiimily  are 
averse  to  a  military  display  and  have  felt  obliged 
to  decline  the  general  wish  that  the  l)ody  lie  in  state. 
Salutes  will  be  fired  on  Boston  Common  and  in  the 
city  of  Lowell  during  the  day.  Owing  to  the  restricted 
space  available  in  the  church  and  the  wide-spread 
desire  of  the  several  departments  of  the  State  govern- 
ment, of  city  governments  and  of  organized  bodies 
representing  professional,  business  and  patriotic  soci- 
eties to  attend,  it  is  found  necessary  to  announce  to 
the  pul)lic  that  the  funeral  services  must  necessarily 
be  of  a  somewhat  private  nature.  Your  committee, 
after  consultation  with  the  Acting  Governor  and  the 
committee  of  the  Council,  have  decided  that  a  public 
memorial  service  should  be  held  in  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton, under  the  auspices  of  the  Commonwealth,  on 
Patriots'  Day;  and,  at  this  service,  the  attendance  of 
representative  delegations  would  l)e  expected  and  pro- 
vided for.  A  formal  memorial  address  would  be  deliv- 
ered by  some  distinguished  orator,  and  such  other 
exercises  held  as  would  be  l)cfitting  the  dignity  of  the 
Commonwealth  and  the  honorable  memory  of  the  late 
Governor.       The    connuittee     recommend    that    a    joint 


INTRODUCTION. 


11 


committee  of  the  two  ])ranches,  consisting  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  twenty  members  of  the  Senate  with  the 
Speaker  and  one  hundred  members  of  the  House  of 
Eepresentatives,  be  appointed  to  attend  the  funeral." 

The   report  was    adopted,    and   in    accordance    there- 
with the  joint  committee  was  constituted  as  follows  :  — 


SENATORS. 
President,  George  P.  Lawrexce. 


Messrs.  Sanger. 
GallouiDe. 
Wellman. 
Darling. 
Irwin. 
Maccabe. 
Blodgett. 


Messrs.  Mai  one. 
Corbett. 
Roe. 
Pearson. 
Quinn. 
Hutchinson. 
Atherton, 


Messrs.  Perkins. 

McMorrow. 

Reed. 

Soule. 

Bartlett. 

Woodfall. 


REPRESENTATIVES. 


SjKuker,  Georg 

Messrs.  Cochran  of  Boston 
Bradley  of  Boston 
Shaw  of  Boston. 
Donovan  of  Boston. 
McCarthy  of  Boston. 
Rourke  of  Boston. 
Carroll  of  Boston. 
King  of  Boston. 
Reed  of  Boston 


E  V.  L.  Meyer. 
Messrs.  Ilolden  of  Boston. 
Douglass  of  Boston. 
Gallivan  of  Boston. 
Xorton  of  Boston. 
Reidy  of  Boston. 
Keliher  of  Boston. 
Krebs  of  Boston. 
Quirk  of  Boston. 
Davis  of  Boston. 


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THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 


Messrs.  Tuttle  of  Boston. 

Mitchell  of  Boston. 
Barnes  of  Chelsea. 
Roberts  of  Chelsea. 
George  of  Haverhill. 
Webster  of  Haverhill. 
Flynn  of  Lawrence. 
Dow  of  Lawrence. 
Howe  of  Georgetown. 
Bailey  of  Newbury. 
Lord  of  Ipswich. 
Tarr  of  Gloucester. 
Brown  of  Gloucester. 
Stocker  of  Beverly. 
Gauss  of  Salem. 
Russell  of  Salem. 
Fogg  of  Lynn. 
Allen  of  Lynn. 
Quint  of  Peabody. 
Myers  of  Cambridge. 
Dickinson  of  Cambridge. 
Fillmore  of  Cambridge. 
Evans  of  Cambridge. 
Stevens  of  Somerville. 
Mayo  of  Medford. 
Brown  of  Everett. 
Jones  of  Melrose. 
Bancroft  of  Reading. 
Bond  of  Waltham. 
Ilayden  of  Bedford. 


Messrs.  Rourke  of  Lowell. 
Putnam  of  Lowell. 
O'Connor  of  Lowell. 
Rosier  of  Lowell. 
Hayes  of  Lowell. 
Stevens  of  Dracut. 
Hoban  of  Lowell. 
Woodbury  of  Hopkinton. 
Adams  of  Framingham. 
Kelton  of  Petersham. 
Fairbank  of  Warren. 
Thurston  of  Northbridge. 
Cooke  of  Milford. 
Howard  of  Clinton. 
Cowee  of  West  Boylston. 
Weymouth  of  Fitchburg. 
Rice  of  Worcester. 
Moriarty  of  Worcester 
Melaven  of  Worcester. 
Addis  of  Northampton. 
Storrs  of  ^Vare. 
Van  Deusen  of  Westfield. 
Sheehan  of  Holyoke. 
Fuller  of  Springfield. 
Stone  of  Springfield. 
King  of  Monson. 
Kenefick  of  Palmer. 
Parsons  of  Greenfield. 
Mayo  of  Montague. 
Kearn  of  North  Adams. 


INTRODUCTION. 


13 


Messrs.  Tolman  of  Pittsfield. 

Ray  of  Great  Barrington. 
Humi^hrey  of  Dedham. 
Utley  of  Brookline. 
Light  of  Hyde  Park. 
Flint  of  Weymouth. 
Gallison  of  Franklin. 
Bailey  of  Plymouth. 
Hammond  of  Xorwell. 
Gray  of  Rocklaad. 
Hanson  of  Brockton. 


Messrs.  Tilton  of  Brockton. 

Porter  of  X.  Attleboro'. 
Wheaton  of  Attleboro'. 
AVaterman  of  Taunton. 
Holt  of  Taunton. 
Davis  of  Freeto\vii. 
Denham  of  New  Bedford. 
Francis  of  New  Bedford. 
Mills  of  Fall  River. 
Crocker  of  Barnstable. 
Gardner  of  Nantucket. 


On  the  same  day  an  act  wa.s  pas.sed,  under  suspen- 
sion of  the  rules,  authorizing  the  heads  of  the  several 
departments  and  commissions  of  the  State  government 
to  close  their  offices  on  the  day  of  the  funeral.  Both 
branches  of  the  General  Court  adjourned  over  until 
Tuesday,  the  10th  of  March. 

On  Monday,  March  9,  the  several  departments  of 
the  government  of  the  Commonwealth,  under  the  gen- 
eral direction  of  the  Sergeant-at-Arms,  Capt.  John 
G.  B.  Adams,  proceeded  to  Lowell,  where  the  funeral 
exercises  were  held  in  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
beginning  at  the  hour  of  2.30  o'clock  p.m.  The  ser- 
vices were  as  follows  :  — 


14  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

ORDER  OF  SERVICE. 

Organ.    Funeral  March, Chopin 

Reading  of  the  Scriptures. 

Chant.    "I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes,"         .        .        .        Dr.  Elvery 

Address, Rev.  George  Batciielor. 

Hymn.     "Go  to  the  Grave," Dr.  Hopkins 

Death  of  a  Christian  in  his  Prime. 

Prayer. 

"Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,"     ....      Mendelssohn 

Benediction. 

Organ,       .        .        .       March,  from  Beclhovcn''s  Eroica  Sijmphonij 

The  burial  was  in  the  Lowell  Cemetery. 

The  resolutions  on  the  death  of  the  Governor 
(printed  on  page  59)  were  considered  in  the  Senate, 
Thursday,  April  2,  and  in  the  House,  Tuesday,  April 
7,  remarks  thereon  being  made  by  Senators  Pearson, 
Dallinger,  Hoe,  Irwin,  Galloupe,  Everett,  Morse  and 
Sullivan,  and  by  Representatives  Myers  of  Cambridge, 
Moriarty  of  Worcester,  Hayes  of  Lowell,  Tolman  of 
Boston,  Krcbs  of  Boston,  Brown  of  Everett,  Harwood 
of  Newton,  Kourke  of  lioston.  Creed  of  Boston,  Evans 


INTRODUCTION.  J  5 


of  Camln-idgc  and  Heed  of  Boston.  The  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted  hy  a  rising  vote  in  each 
Ijranch. 

At  a  conference  l)etween  the  committees  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Council  and  the  General  Court,  a  special  com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Hon.  John  M.  Harlow  of  the 
Executive  Council,  Hon.  George  P.  Lawrence,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Senate,  and  Hon.  George  v.  L.  Meyer, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  was  appointed 
to  make  arrangements  for  pul)lic  exercises  in  Mechanics 
Hall.  This  committee  appointed  Mr.  Courtenay  Guild 
of  Boston  as  its  secretary  and  executive  officer. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Council  held  on 
Thursday,  March  12,  Councillor  Harlow,  for  the  com- 
mittee appointed  to  draft  resolutions,  reported  a  Memo- 
rial Triluite  (printed  on  page  63  of  this  volume),  Avhich 
was  unanimously  adopted  by  a  risino-  vote. 

Saturday,  April  18,  the  day  before  Patriots'  Day, 
the  legislative  commemoration  of  the  life  and  services 
of  the  late  Governor  was  held  in  Mechanics  Hall, 
Boston.  The  hall  had  been  beautifully  bedecked  with 
flowers,  while  the  drapery  of  mourning  Avas  relieved 
with  a  plentiful  display  of  red,  white  and  blue.  In 
addition  to  the  principal  civil  and  military  officers  of 
the  Commonwealth  and  a  vast  concourse  of  citizens, 
there   were   present,   as   guests.    Governors    Charles    A. 


16  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 


Biisiel  of  New  Hampshire,  Charles  W.  Lippitt  of 
Rhode  Island  and  O.  Vincent  Coffin  of  Connecticut. 
Prominent  upon  the  platform  was  the  bust  of  the  late 
Governor  by  S.  J.  Kitson,  the  same  which,  in  marl)le, 
had  recently  been  presented  to  the  Conmionwealth  l)y 
citizens  of  Lowell.  On  each  side  of  the  platform  hung 
entablatures  upon  which  were  inscriljed  chosen  words 
of  the  late  Governor, — those  to  the  left  l)eing,  "I 
have  in  my  heart  a  grander  project,  the  unification 
of  the  people  of  Massachusetts  and  the  people  of 
America;"  and  those  to  the  right,  "The  character 
of  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  should  be  as  high 
as  the  character  of  Massachusetts ;  it  is,  in  fact,  the 
character  of  Massachusetts." 


PUBLIC    EXERCISES 


Mechanics   Hall,  Boston, 


April  18,  1896. 


INTRODUCTORY  REMARKS 


His  Honor  Roger  Wolcott. 


THE  people  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 
are  here  assemliled  to  do  honor  to  the  memory 
of  one  who  has  died  in  her  service.  Bravely  and 
wisely  did  he  bear  the  great  trust  which  they  reposed 
in  him,  and  he  now  rests  from  his  la])ors.  We  may 
believe  that  even  now  there  may  come  to  his  ears 
some  far-off  echoes  of  the  praise  and  love  which  will 
to-day  ])e  coupled  with  his  name. 

From  other  lips  than  mine  will  tind  utterance  the 
public  estimate  of  his  character  and  career.  They  are 
a  part  of  the  history  of  the  State,  a  part  of  the  great 
legacy  which  each  passing  generation  bequeaths  to 
those  who  are  to  follow.  For  years  to  come  his  life 
will  speak  its  lesson,  and  will  l)car  its  inspiration  and 
incentive  to  generous  emulation. 

This  boy,  l>orn  ])eyond  the  sea,  early  drew  deep 
breaths    of    the    free    air    of    open    opportunity    Avhich 


20  THE    GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 


bathes  our  land,  and  the  blood  as  it  ran  in  his  veins 
tingled  red  with  an  intense  love  of  the  country  and 
the  institutions  which  had  become  his  very  own. 
His  public  speech,  as  did  his  private  conversation, 
not  only  glowed  with  earnestness  of  conviction,  but 
exhibited  the  charm  of  expression  which  those  alone 
possess  on  whose  birth  the  muses  have  smiled. 

He  had  read  much,  and  his  memory  was  ol)edient 
to  his  will.  His  hand  knew  well  how  to  wield  the 
rapier  of  satire,  ])ut  the  blade  was  so  keen  that  it 
left  no  jagged  wound,  and  no  poison  tipped  its  point. 
His  ready  wit  and  ever-present  humor  were  never 
allowed  to  chill  the  heart  that  beat  warm  and  loyal  in 
his  l)reast. 

As  the  years  brought  greater  and  greater  trusts  at 
the  hands  of  his  fellow-citizens  his  spirit  rose  to 
meet  them,  and  in  increasing  measure  he  showed  high 
purpose,  courage  and  independence.  He  labored  dili- 
o-ently  to  give  to  the  jniblic  the  l)est  service  of  which 
he  was  capa])le,  and  the  people  were  not  slow  to 
return  him  their  confidence  and  respect.  Thousands 
loved  him  as  a  friiMid,  all  honored  him  as  a  magis- 
trate worthy  to  hold  llic  high  commission  of  the  Com- 
monwealth he   loved. 

Besides  tlu^  more  ixM-sonal  memory,  which  is  too 
sacred  for  us  to  i)rofaue,  he  leaves  to  his  children  the 


INTRODUCTORY   REMARKS.  21 


inheritance  of  distinguished  pulilic  service  highly  con- 
ceived and  nobly  rendered.  His  name  will  long  linger 
in  the  memory  of  men  as  of  one  who  died  untimely, 
with  the  laurels  of  greater  triumphs  awaiting  his 
grasp,  l)ut  of  whom  it  may  truly  be  said  that  he  had 
fought  the  good  tight  and  had  kept  the  faith. 

In  the  persons  of  their  chief  executive  officers,  our 
sister  States  of  New  England  join  with  us  in  reverent 
commemoration  of  the  dead.  Prayer  will  ascend  to 
the  throne  of  Almighty  God,  solemn  music  will  roll 
forth  its  dirge  of  sorrow  and  its  song  of  patriotic 
fervor,  the  tribute  of  discriminating  praise  will  l)e 
spoken  by  eloquent  lips,  but  the  voice  in  the  hearts 
of  the  people  speaks  with  deeper  import  still,  and  to 
that  he  would  most  willinolv  hearken. 


PRAYER 


Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  D.D. 


ALMIGHTY  GOD,  Lord  of  lords  and  King  of  kings, 
our  Father,  all  around  us  in  the  majesty  of  thy 
heaven,  tliou  knowest  how  we  need  thy  strength  in 
our  weakness,  thy  light  in  our  darkness  and  thy  con- 
solation in  our  sorrow.  Thou  hast  been  with  us  as  thou 
w^ert  with  our  fathers,  even  as  we  have  asked  thee 
again  and  asain.  Thou  hast  led  us  from  the  betjinnins: 
to  this  moment.  It  is  in  thy  providence  that  our  rulers 
are  from  ourselves  and  our  governors  from  the  midst 
of  us.  And  now  thou  art  pleased  to  lift  thy  servant  to 
higher  service,  where  he  sees  as  he  is  seen,  where  he 
knows  as  he  is  known.  And  we  wait  a  little  lono-er. 
Oh,  God,  come  to  us,  thy  children  ;  give  strength  to 
us  in  this  our  service,  that  we  may  rest  in  thine 
arms. 

We    do    thank    thee    for    such    lives ;    we    thank   thee 
for   his    courage,  for   his    faith,   for   his    gentle    tender- 


24  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

ness ;  we  thank  tlicc  that  he  went  and  came  among 
this  people,  knowing  the  Saviour's  lesson,  that  he  who 
is  greatest  among  us  must  l)e  servant  of  all ;  that  he 
was  willing  to  serve  as  he  had  opportunity,  and  to  do 
the  duty  that  came  next  his  hand.  And  now  he  leaves 
us  for  the  higher  service  of  the  living  God,  and  we 
are  left  to  do  what  has  not  l)een  done. 

Oh,  Father,  be  with  thy  servants,  the  magistrates 
of  this  C'onnnonwealth ;  he  with  the  General  Court  in 
its  asseml)ly ;  be  with  all  who  are  called  to  positions 
of  trust  and  honor,  that  they  may  know  thee,  the 
first  and  greatest  knowledge,  and  l)e  strong  in  thine 
infinite  strength.  Be  pleased  to  he  with  the  Com- 
monwealth, with  our  children  and  with  our  children's 
children,  that  they  may  remember  how  the  fathers 
chose  such  men  to  office,  and  that  they  may  thank 
thee  for  the  constitution  which  gives  to  us  such  ser- 
vants and  magistrates. 

Nor  do  we  pray  for  ourselves  alone.  These  are  no 
selfish  prayers.  Wo  pray  for  all  our  l)rethren  of  all 
the  States,  for  the  United  States  of  America,  made 
one  out  of  many,  even  as  the  Saviour  prayed ;  that 
their  rulers  may  be  thy  servants,  that  their  law  may  l)e 
thy  law,  and  that  thus  we  may  l)e  that  haj)})y  })eo})U; 
whose  God  is  the  Lord,  ^ye  pray  for  all  the  nations 
of    the    world,    that     the     swoid    may    everywhere    be 


PRAYER   BY  REV.  E.  E.  HALE,  D.D.  25 


sheathed,  that  men  may  study  war  no  more,  that  they 
may  know  how  to  live  at  peace  as  l)rethren,  that  so 
thy  kingdom  may  come,  even  as  thou  hast  promised. 
Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
name;  thy  kingdom  come;  thy  will  l^e  done  on 
earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread,  and  forgive  us  our  trespasses  as  we  forgive 
those  who  trespass  against  us ;  and  lead  us  not  into 
temptation,  Init  deliver  us  from  e^^l,  for  thine  is  the 
kingdom  and  the  power  and  the  glory  forever  and 
ever,  amen. 


EULOGY 


Hon.  Henry  Cabot  Lodge. 


TPIE  great  mystery  of  death  is  always  the  same. 
Whether  we  behokl  it  under  '<the  canopies  of 
costly  state,"  or  on  the  edge  of  a  murky  city  river, 
where  the  body  of  some  nameless  outcast  has  been 
washed  ashore,  we  bare  our  heads  and  bow  in  reverence 
before  the  poor  piece  of  earth ;  yesterday  humanity', 
to-day  in  its  stillness  the  visible  sign  of  that  overruling 
Power  which  alike  guides  the  universe  and  ' '  doth  the 
ravens  feed,  yea,  providently  caters  for  the  sparrow." 
Yet  there  are  certain  circumstances  which  heighten 
and  shar})en  the  always  solemn  lesson  of  death.  AVhen 
a  man  is  cut  down  in  his  prime,  with  all  his  natural 
force  unabated  and  his  power  of  mind  and  character 
still  widening  and  strengthening,  the  blow  strikes  us 
with  peculiar  keenness.  When  that  man  is  also  the 
actual  representative  of  the  sovereignty  of  the  State, 
to  whom  have  been  given  authority  and  command, 
and    in    whose    hands    has    been    placed    the    power   to 


28  THE  GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 

give  or  withhold  liberty  and  life,  his  death  touches 
the  heart  and  the  imagination  alike,  and  the  lesson 
of  mortality  sounds  to  us  in  louder  and  deeper  tones 
than  ever  before.  Then  come  home  to  us  the  words 
of  the  Elizabethan  poet :  — 

"  The  glories  of  our  blood  and  state 
Are  shadows,  not  substantial  things ; 
There  is  no  aniior  against  fate ; 
Death  lays  his  icy  hand  on  kings." 

Such  has  been  the  sad  experience  of  Massachusetts 
within  the  last  month.  For  the  first  time  in  seventy 
years,  the  psalmist's  span  of  human  life,  the  governor 
of  the  Commonwealth  has  died  in  ofiice.  He  has  died 
with  all  his  honors  thick  upon  him,  in  the  meridian 
of  his  usefulness,  beloved  and  respected  by  all  con- 
ditions of  men. 

The  office  of  governor  has  always  meant  a  great  deal 
to  the  people  of  Massachusetts,  The  early  colonial 
tradition  of  the  days  when  under  a  trading  charter 
the  Puritans  built  up  an  independent  State  has  never 
l)een  lost.  That  tradition  taught  men  to  hold  in  rever- 
ence the  head  of  the  State  wdiich  emliodied  for  them 
and  their  fathers  before  them  the  great  struggle  for 
religious  and  political  independence  which  had  brought 
them  to  the  wilderness.  Never  since  has  the  governor- 
ship  of  the   old  State   sunk  in  importance   or   come  to 


EULOGY  BY  HON.  HENRY  CABOT  LODGE.  29 

occupy  a  secondary  place  in  the  political  world.  To 
be  governor  of  Massachusetts  has  always  been  regarded 
by  the  people  of  the  State  as  one  of  the  highest  honors 
to  which  a  son  of  Massachusetts  could  attain.  The 
people  of  other  States  have  sometimes  jested  at  this 
sentiment  of  ours,  but  it  is  none  the  less  noble  and 
wise.  It  springs  from  the  just  State  pride  which  we 
all  feel,  and  has  done  much  to  give  us  the  long  line 
of  distinguished  men  who  have  tilled  the  high  place 
of  our  chief  magistrate.  This  sentiment  in  regard  to 
the  office  encircles  our  governors  with  respect  and 
honor  while  they  live,  and  l)rings  us  in  reverence  and 
affection  to  mourn  them  when  they  are  dead.  Thus 
it  is  peculiarly  fitting  that  the  State  should  show  to 
the  memory  of  a  governor  who  died  at  his  post,  faith- 
ful to  the  last,  the  honor  in  which  his  high  office  is 
held  l>y  all  the  people  of  the  Commonwealth. 

But  there  is  another  and  still  better  reason  than  this 
for  the  grief  of  the  State,  for  the  action  of  the  official 
representatives  of  the  people  and  for  these  services 
here  to-day.  The  governor,  in  virtue  of  his  high 
place,  is  entitled  to  these  honors,  ]>ut  the  man  himself 
has  earned  them  l)y  his  pul)lic  service,  his  character 
and  his  career,  —  better  titles  to  the  respect  and  sor- 
row of  Massachusetts  than  any  official  distinction  can 
ever  <i"ive. 


30  THE  GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 

The  old  saying,  "  Speak  naught  ])ut  good  of  the 
dead,"  althous-h  sometimes  abused  and  still  oftener 
sneered  at,  is,  nevertheless,  like  many  other  old  say- 
ings, founded  on  the  broad  and  generous  sense  of 
mankind.  Men  who  make  their  mark  upon  their  time 
in  any  way,  and  especially  puljlic  men,  are  certain  to 
meet  Avith  abundance  of  censure  and  misunderstanding 
in  the  heated  struggles  of  our  active,  energetic  life. 
When  they  have  passed  into  history,  when  Dr.  John- 
son's limit  of  the  hundred  years  necessary  to  a  right 
estimate  has  come  and  gone,  the  historian  is  sure  to 
asfain  criticise  them  in  his  turn  Avith  entire  coolness, 
and  let  us  hope  with  more  justice  than  their  con- 
temporaries. It  is  only  right,  therefore,  and  it  is 
necessary  also  to  that  final  summing  up  of  history, 
when  friendship  and  enmity  have  alike  paled  their 
fires,  that  there  should  be  a  moment  in  which  all  that 
is  best  in  a  man's  life  and  work  should  l)e  set  forth 
without  deduction,  free  alike  from  the  sharpness  of 
the  contemporary  critic  or  the  cold  l)alancing  of  the 
future  historian.  Such  a  moment  comes  when  we 
stand  beside  the  hardly  closed  grave,  and  when  grief 
and  affection  for  the  dead  are  uppermost  in  our 
hearts. 

It  is  the  fashion  to  call  such  utterances  at  such  a 
time    eulogy,  which,  after   all,  means   merely  the   good 


EULOGY  BY  HON.  HENRY  CABOT  LODGE.  31 


word;    and    it    is   also   the    fashion    to    think  of  eulogy 
as    in    a    large    measure    conventional    and    insincere. 
But   this    is,   after   all,   a    shallow  and   a   narrow  view. 
Kough  manners   do    not  necessarily  mean   rugged  hon- 
esty, although  they  are  sometimes  employed  to  convey 
that    idea.       Eulogy   is    more    likely   to    be    true    than 
invective,    and   good  words    than    l)ad.      Criticism    has 
fallen    so    much  into  the  evil   ha])it  of  mere  fault-find- 
ing that  it  is  generally  understood  to  mean  only  hos- 
tile  comment.     It  is  too  often  forgotten  that  the  true 
function  of  criticism  is  to  point  out  merits  as  well  as 
defects,  and   that   the    highest   criticism   is    that  which, 
un])linded   by  prejudice    and   fearless    in    its    blame    of 
error,  shows   to   the  .world  what  is   best  in  a  l^ook  or 
in  a  man.     Therefore,  we  meet  to-day  not  to  utter  the 
vain  commonplaces  of  perfunctory  praise  in  memory  of 
a  man  who  loved  truth  and  hated  shams,  but  to  eulo- 
gize   our    dead   governor   because    he    deserves    eulogy, 
the  good  words  of  truth  which  love  and  sorrow  bring 
naturally  to  our  lips. 

The  highest  praise  we  can  Ijestow  upon  any  man  is 
to  say  that  the  story  of  his  life,  of  what  he  said  and 
what  he  did,  of  what  he  was  and  how  he  took  part  in 
the  life  of  his  time,  is  his  best  eulogy.  We  can  say 
this  truthfully  of  our  dead  governor,  and  it  is  enough, 
for  that  simple  statement  is  in  itself  the  full  meed  of 


32  THE  GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

honor.  It  is  in  his  life  that  I  have  found  his  liest 
eulogy,  for  there  his  own  works  praise  him  better  than 
any  words  of  mine  can  possibly  do. 

Frederic  Thomas  Greenhalge  was  born  in  Clitheroe, 
county  of  Lancaster,  England,  July  19,  1842,  the  only 
son  in  a  fiimily  of  seven  children  of  William  and  Jane 
(Slater)  Greenhalge.  The  father,  William  Greenhalge, 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  Greenhalg  of  Burnley.  The 
latter  was  the  son  of  John  Greenhalg,  Avho  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  Greenhalg,  attorney-at-law  in  Preston.  The 
surname  of  the  Lancaster  family  was  apparently  spelled 
without  a  tinal  "  e,"  and  is  thoroughly  and  character- 
istically English.  William  Greenhalge,  the  father  of 
the  governor,  is  descrilied  by  those  who  knew  him  as 
a  man  of  education,  and  possessed  also  of  much  artistic 
ability.  Some  of  the  pictures  painted  ])y  him  in  early 
life  are  said  to  l)e  still  preserved  in  Edenfield,  where 
the  family  lived  for  a  time.  About  the  year  1847 
William  Greenhalge  joined  his  brother  Thomas  as  a 
master  engraver  to  calico  printers,  under  the  style  of 
Greenhalge  Bros.,  their  works  being  situated  at  Stub- 
bins  bridge,  l)etween  Kams  Bottom  and  Edenfield.  The 
business,  however,  did  not  prosper,  and  in  May,  1855, 
William  Greenhalge  with  his  wife  and  family  emigrated 
to  America  in  order  to  improve  his  fortunes,  and  in 
pursuance  of  an  engagement  with  the  Merrimac  Printing 


EULOGY  BY  HON.  HENRY  CABOT  LODGE.  33 


Company  at  Lowell  to  take  the  general  management  of 
the  engraving  department  at  a  salary  of  four  hundred 
pounds  per  annum,  and  an  increase  at  the  expiration 
of  three  years.  The  salary  was  a  high  one  for  those 
times,  and  it  shows  l)eyond  all  dou1)t  that  William 
Greenhalge  was  a  man  of  training  and  artistic  capacity, 
able  to  take  control  of  the  important  department  of 
design,  upon  which  the  success  of  print  works  so  largely 
depends. 

As  soon  as  he  had  settled  in  his  new  position  his 
children  were  sent  to  school,  and  his  only  son,  who 
was  evidently  a  precocious  lad,  early  took  high  rank 
in  his  classes.  In  the  high  school  at  Lowell  he  is 
recalled  as  the  leader  of  his  class  and  the  first  winner 
of  the  Carney  medal.  He  also  showed,  even  at  this 
early  age,  the  taste  for  literature  which  accompanied 
him  through  life,  by  establishing  a  school  review^ 
edited  and  written  l)y  the  boys,  which  I  believe  is 
still  continued.  As  was  to  be  expected,  this  eager, 
active-minded  boy  longed  for  the  highest  education, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1859,  after  the  usual  preparation, 
he  entered  Harvard  College.  His  course  there  was  not 
without  distinction.  At  the  close  of  his  sophomore 
year  he  Avas  elected  orator  of  the  'institute  of  1770," 
and  subsequently  l)ecame  one  of  the  editors  of  the  old 
Harvard  Mag-azine. 


34  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

Love  of  learninoj  brousflit  him  to  Harvard  throuo-li 
much  hard  work  and  many  sacrifices.  But  he  was  not 
a  mere  bookworm.  He  had  then,  as  always,  that  sanest 
of  qualities,  —  a  great  love  for  outdoor  air  and  out- 
door sports.  His  fondness  for  them,  indeed,  resulted 
in  an  accident  from  which  he  suffered  for  many  years. 
Those  were  the  days,  not  of  the  footl)all  games  which 
we  know  and  which  timid  people  denounce,  because 
now  and  then  some  one  is  hurt,  but  of  what  were 
known  as  footl^all  fights,  in  which  there  was  very  little 
football  and  a  great  deal  of  fighting.  The  classes 
faced  each  other  on  the  Delta  with  the  football  l)e- 
tween  them,  and  fought.  It  was  a  rough  pastime,  in 
which,  in  one  form  or  another,  English-speaking  boys 
have  always  indulged,  and  whicli  has  done  the  race  a 
great  deal  of  good  in  the  long  run.  The  Duke  of 
Wellington  thought  that  the  spirit  it  bred  enabled 
him  to  win  the  battle  of  Waterloo.  Greenhalge 
went  in  with  his  fellows  because  he  was  thoroughly 
brave  and  healthy-minded,  and  loved  to  taste  the 
delight  of  battle  with  his  peers.  If  he  had  not  had 
that  spirit  he  would  not  have  been  the  man  he  was, 
and  it  went  with  him  through  life.  He  had  the 
ill-luck  to  T)e  one  of  those  who  were  seriously  hurt. 
In  a  fall  he  injured  his  back  and  suH'ercd  much 
from  it    for   some   time  afterwards,  but   he   never  com- 


EULOGY  BY  HON.  HENRY   CABOT  LODGE.  35 

plained,  and  was  alwaj^s  glad  that  he  stood  u[)  in  the 
rough  football  fight  just  as  he  stood  up  in  later  years 
with  the  same  spirit  in  the  greater  battles  of  profes- 
sional and  public  life. 

He  loved  his  college  life  in  all  its  phases,  Init  he 
was  not  destined  to  complete  his  course  at  that  time. 
His  college  career  was  suddenly  interrujDted  by  the 
death  of  his  father  in  1862,  his  junior  year  at  Har- 
vard, and  the  young  student  of  twenty  suddenly  be- 
came the  main  stay  and  sole  support  of  his  mother 
and  six  sisters.  Like  many  another  college  boy 
brought  sharply  face  to  face  with  the  hardest  realities 
of  life,  Greenhalge  found  temporary  employment  as  a 
school  teacher  at  Chelmsford.  Subsequently  he  was 
employed  in  the  American  bolt  shop  at  Lowell,  but 
devoted  all  his  spare  time  to  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Brown  &  Alger.  While  he  was  thus  meetins: 
the  responsibilities  thrust  upon  him,  the  nation  was 
engaged  in  the  mighty  struggle  of  the  civil  war.  To 
this  Mr.  Greenhalge  could  not  remain  indifferent.  He 
had  become  a  thorough  American.  He  hated  slavery, 
and  love  of  country  was  strong  within  him.  So  he 
put  aside  all  private  interests  and  determined  to  enter 
the  army.  Unfortunately,  his  physical  condition  at 
that  time,  owing  to  the  accident  in  college,  was  not 
good,    and    the    examining    surgeon,   to  whom    he    pre- 


36  THE  GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 

sented  himself,  rejected  him  Avith  the  comment  that 
there  were  enough  "sick  boys  in  the  hospitals  al- 
ready." Grecnhalge's  action  was  characteristic  of  the 
man.  Despite  the  medical  verdict,  he  determined  to 
go  to  the  front,  be  the  cost  what  it  might.  Accord- 
ingly, in  October  of  1863  he  went  to  Newberne, 
N.  C,  and  was  there  placed  in  the  commissary  de- 
partment. When  the  city  was  attacked,  in  February, 
1864,  he  offered  his  services  in  the  defence,  and  was 
given  a  command  in  a  force  of  colored  troops.  While 
engaged  in  that  duty  he  ^vas  stricken  down  with  mala- 
rial fever,  and  after  a  few  weeks'  illness  was  sent 
home.  This  was  his  first  glimpse  of  the  South,  to 
which  a  little  more  than  thirty  years  later  he  was  to 
return  on  another  and  far  different  errand,  as  the  gov- 
ernor of  Massachusetts,  bearing  a  message  of  frater- 
nity and  good-will  to  a  sister  State.  He  had  thrown 
his  whole  energy  into  the  Union  cause,  and  the 
result  of  his  efforts  was  bitterly  disappointing.  There 
was  a  touch  of  pathos  in  the  way  he  summed  up 
his  army  experience.  "I  got,"  he  says,  "neither 
commission,  pension  nor  record,  —  nothing  but  ma- 
laria." Yet  he  deserved  as  much  credit  as  men  Avho 
got  all  three,  for  he  gave  all  he  could.  He  served 
wherever  he  could  help  his  country,  without  a  thought 
of  self,  and  no  man  can  do  more. 


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After  his  recovery  from  the  ilhiess  caused  hy  his 
service  in  the  Union  army  he  renewed  his  law  studies, 
and  in  1865  he  was  admitted  to  the  ]\Iiddlesex  bar, 
entering  at  once  upon  the  practice  of  liis  profession. 
In  1870  he  received  from  Harvard  the  deg-ree  of  A.B. 
Two  years  hiter  he  married  Miss  Nesmith,  daughter 
of  Lieut, -Gov,  John  Xesmith,  whose  name  and  fiimily 
have  been  so  long  and  honorably  connected  with  the 
growth  and  upbuilding  of  Lowell  from  the  earliest 
days  of  the  city.  He  was  now  estal)lished  in  life. 
Happy  in  his  home  and  his  marriage,  devoted  to  his 
children,  earnest  in  the  pursuit  of  his  profession,  he 
was  also  respected  l)y  his  fellow  townsmen  and  popular 
in  society,  w^here  his  charm  of  manner,  his  wit  and 
humor,  his  cleverness  as  an  amateur  actor,  were  all 
appreciated. 

Four  years  before  his  marriage  he  had  taken  his 
first  step  in  public  life.  In  1868  he  was  chosen  to 
the  common  council,  and  was  re-elected  the  followinsf 
year.  He  also  organized  the  Grant  Campaign  Clul)  in 
Lowell,  and  was  its  l)usiness  manager.  It  has  l)een 
said  that  ]Mr,  Greenhalge's  friends  found  it  difficult  at 
first  to  interest  him  in  active  politics,  although  the 
larger  pul^lic  questions  always  absorljed  his  attention. 
How  true  this  may  be  I  do  not  know,  ])ut  his  apti- 
tude   for    political    afiairs    and    his     gift    of    eloquent 


38  THE  GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 


speecli  were  uiimistakal)le,  and,  once  embarked  in  a 
political  career,  he  soon  became  a  leader  in  municipal 
affairs.  Such  honors  and  responsibilities  as  the  city 
could  o-ive  came  to  him  in  varied  forms  for  -\vell-nigh 
a  score  of  years,  and  it  is  evident  that  he  early  won 
and  never  lost  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  and  affec- 
tion of  the  people  of  Lowell.  From  1871  to  1873  he 
was  a  memlier  of  the  school  l)oard.  In  1874  he  was 
made  a  special  justice  of  the  police  court  at  Lowell, 
and  served  for  ten  years,  when  he  resigned.  Li  1879 
he  was  brought  forward  as  a  candidate  for  mayor. 
This  was  done  in  the  face  of  the  opposition  of  many 
of  the  older  politicians,  who  feared  that  he  could  not 
develop  strength  enough  to  beat  his  opponent,  a  poini- 
lar  Democratic  leader.  His  friends  thought  otherwise, 
went  vigorously  to  work,  and  carried  Greenhalge  dele- 
gates in  four  of  the  six  wards.  Events  justified  their 
wisdom  and  their  belief  in  their  candidate,  for  Mr. 
Greenhalge  was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority,  and 
served  durino;  the  vears  1880  and  1881,  showino-  the 
same  independence  of  thought  and  action  whicli  were 
so  characteristic  of  his  whole  career.  During  his  term 
of  office  he  presided  at  the  memorial  exercises  held  on 
the  south  common  in  memory  of  President  Garfield, 
and  delivered  upon  that  occasion  an  address  which  was 
much    admired    at    the    time,  and    which    added    to    his 


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growing  reputation  as  a  speaker.  He  also  drafted 
the  memorial  resolutions  adopted  bv  the  citv  council. 
In  1881  he  was  an  unsuccessful  candidate  for  State 
senator. 

Three  years  later  he  was  elected  a  delegate  from  the 
Lowell   district  to   the   Republican    national    convention 
at  Chicago.     It  was  there  that  I  was  first  brought  into 
close    relations   with    liim.     I    liad    known    him    before, 
hut   only   slightly.     At   Chicago   I    came    to    know  him 
well,    and    I    have    very    seldom    met    any    man    who 
attracted   me    so    strongly    and    so    quickly.     ^Ve    were 
fighting  a    losing  fight    against    the    popular    candidate, 
because   we   thought  it    our    duty  to   do   so.     It   was   a 
trA-ing  position,  and  I  was   at   once   impressed  l)y  Mr. 
Greenhalge's    good    sense,   by   his    modesty,   his    entire 
fearlessness   and  his   indifference   to    personal   consider- 
ations.    T\liat  most   drew  me    to    him   ^vas    that    quick 
SATupathy    which    was    his    greatest    charm,    and    which 
was   enhanced   by  his   sense   of  humor,  the   most   sym- 
pathetic of  all  qualities.     As  is  well  known,   we  were 
beaten    in    tlie    convention:    but,    although    the    contest 
had    l)een    heated    and    even     l)itter,    :\Ir.    Greenhal^e 
did  not  swerve  or  vary  in  his  loyalty  to  his  party,  or 
in   the   fidelity   which   we    believed  simple   honesty  and 
good    faith    required    us    as    delegates    to    show   to    the 
brilliant   leader  whom  we   had   opposed  and  whom   the 


40  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

convention  nominated.  As  soon  as  he  reached  home 
Mr.  Greenhalge  at  once  made  a  strong  speech  in 
Lowell  in  support  of  Mr.  Blaine  and  of  the  Republi- 
can party,  whose  principles  and  policies  he  believed 
essential  to  the  welfare  and  })rosperity  of  the  country. 
As  he  began,  so  he  went  on,  and  gave  generously,  as 
he  always  did,  of  his  time  and  strength  to  upholding 
and  advocating  the  Republican  cause. 

In  the  year  following  the  presidential  election  he 
was  one  of  the  Lowell  Representatives  to  the  lower 
branch  of  the  State  Legislature,  where  he  did  excel- 
lent service.  lie  was  elected,  owing  to  his  personal 
popularity,  in  a  Democratic  district,  l)ut  was  defeated 
for  re-election  liy  one  vote.  Upon  the  occasion  of 
the  semi-centennial  of  Lowell  in  1886  he  delivered 
the  historical  address,  which  added  still  further  to  his 
reputation  as  an  orator.  In  1888  he  was  chosen  city 
solicitor. 

His  successful  career  in  Lowell,  together  with  his 
popularity,  his  services  in  the  political  campaigns  and 
his  standing  as  a  pul)lic  speaker  had  already  marked 
him  for  higher  preferment,  and  as  a  man  fit  for  a 
larger  field  of  action.  The  presidential  campaign  of 
1888  at  last  brought  the  opportunity,  and  his  party  in 
the  district  turned  to  him  as  their  candidate  for  Con- 
irrcss.     The  fijilit  which  followed  his  nomination  was  a 


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stul)born  one,   but  lie  made  an  aggressive  and  eiJective 
canvass,  and  was  elected  by  a  handsome  plurality. 

When  he  resigned  his  office  as  city  solicitor  in 
1889  to  go  to  Washington,  the  first  period  of  his  life 
closed.  He  was  now  to  enter  upon  the  broader  field 
of  national  politics,  and  he  came  to  it  at  a  time  of 
great  stress  and  excitement.  The  51st  Congress  was 
not  a  peaceful  one.  It  was  the  second  Republican 
Congress  since  the  days  of  Grant,  and  the  party  ma- 
jority hung  by  a  slender  thread.  There  was  a  great 
work  to  l)e  done,  nothing  less  than  the  reform  of  the 
rules  and  the  restoration  to  the  majority  of  its  rights 
and  responsil)ilities.  The  opening  days  of  the  session 
were  marked  by  great  turbulence,  and  all  the  known 
tactics  of  obstructive  parliamentary  warfare  were  re- 
sorted to  by  a  resolute  and  defiant  opposition.  It  was 
a  time  which  demanded  the  best  resources  of  trained 
and  experienced  leadership,  and  there  seemed  to  be 
but  a  slight  opening  for  a  new  and  untried  man. 
When  the  House  organized  and  the  committees  were 
announced,  Mr.  Greenhalge  found  himself  placed  on 
the  committees  on  elections,  revision  of  the  laws  and 
reform  in  the  civil  service.  To  the  first  of  these  com- 
mittees Avas  intrusted  the  important  function  of  hear- 
ing and  deciding  contests  for  seats,  of  which  there 
was  an  unusually  large  number  in  that  Congress,  most 


42  THE   GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 

of  them  coming  from  Southern  States.  Party  feeling 
ran  high,  and  the  debates  which  followed  the  various 
reports  on  election  cases  provoked  great  partisan  bit- 
terness. To  the  work  of  this  committee  Mr.  Green- 
halge  devoted  himself  with  his  accustomed  energy  and 
ability. 

The  first  case  to  be  called  up  was  that  of  Smith  v. 
Jackson,  from  West  Virginia.  During  this  debate  Mr. 
Greenhalge  made  his  maiden  speech.  The  occasion 
could  not  have  l>een  more  happily  selected.  The 
House  was  crowded,  and  the  interest  was  intense. 
His  analysis  of  the  legal  points  involved  was  lucid 
and  convincing,  and  the  whole  speech  was  tinged  with 
a  delicious  satire  which  caught  the  House  at  once. 
At  the  close  he  was  accorded  hearty  and  enthusiastic 
applause.  The  House  recognized  immediately  that  he 
was  a  sound  lawyer,  a  brilliant  speaker  and  a  strong- 
debater,  and  the  opinion  of  the  House  on  these  points 
is  of  the  liest,  and  is  not  easily  won.  It  was  a  tri- 
umph for  a  first  speech.  Henceforth  his  place  was 
secure,  and  he  became  at  once  one  of  the  leaders  of 
the  House.  His  reputation  thus  made,  he  found  him- 
self l)eset  l)y  every  contestant  for  assistance.  These 
appeals  he  found  it  difficult  to  resist,  and  ho  did 
much  effective  work  in  placing  these  election  contro- 
versies   before    the    House.     The    amount   of   lal)or   in- 


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volved  in  sifting  evidence  in  each  case  was  immense, 
but  the  reward  came  in  the  form  of  an  estal)lished 
legal  and  forensic  reputation.  It  is  impossil)le  to  do 
more  than  allude  to  perhaps  his  most  eloquent  eifort 
while  a  meml)er  of  the  House,  the  speech  made  in 
the  Waddill  v.  Wise  case.  Edmund  Waddill,  Jr.,  the 
Kepublican  candidate,  contested  the  seat  of  his  Demo- 
cratic opponent,  who  had  been  given  the  certificate 
of  election  from  one  of  the  Virginia  districts.  It 
was  clearly  shown  in  the  evidence  that  in  three  pre- 
cincts of  one  ward  in  the  city  of  Richmond  long  lines 
of  colored  voters  had  remained  standing  in  front  of 
the  election  booths  throughout  the  night  l^efore  elec- 
tion and  during  the  entire  election  day  until  the  polls 
were  closed,  in  the  vain  hope  of  being  allowed  to 
cast  their  l)allots.  The  whole  question  of  the  right 
to  the  seat  turned  upon  whether  these  ballots  should 
be  counted.  In  the  course  of  his  speech  Mr.  Greeu- 
halge  said :  — 

"Shall  the  law  l)e  ineffectual?  Shall  the  whole 
majesty  of  the  la^\'  stand  silent,  powerless,  inactive 
as  yonder  ol)elisk,  or  shall  that  law  l)e  clothed  with 
power  and  strength  enough  to  give  to  every  man  in 
that  colored  line  the  same  rights  that  the  white  mil- 
lionnaire  has  ?  Mr.  Speaker,  I  have  heard  and  read 
with    admiration     of    that     memoral)le     thin,     red     line 


44  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

which  repelled  the  fiery  onset  of  Napoleon  at  Water- 
loo ;  l)ut  I  say  that  this  thin,  black  line,  standing 
from  sunrise  to  sunset  in  eTackson  ward,  means  as 
much  for  human  freedom  and  civil  lilierty  as  the 
memorable  thin,  red  line  at  Waterloo.  I  go  further, 
Mr.  Speaker :  I  say  that  if  this  House  does  not  do 
justice  to  every  man  in  those  lines  in  the  first,  third 
and  fourth  precincts  of  Jackson  ward,  in  the  city  of 
Richmond,  and  count  every  vote  there  legally  ten- 
dered, then  the  flaming  lines  of  Gettysburg  were 
nothing  more  than  a  vain  and  empty  show,  and  even 
the  grand  words  of  Lincoln,  spoken  over  the  graves 
of  Gettysburg,  become  only  as  '  sounding  brass  and 
tinkling  cymbals.'" 

The  wave  of  popular  discontent  which  engulfed  the 
party  in  power  in  1890  carried  Mr.  Greenhalge  down 
wnth  it,  despite  his  personal  popularity,  and  owing  to 
his  neglect  of  his  oAvn  interests  by  going  out  of  his 
district  to  give  generous  aid  to  other  Republicans. 
He  made  a  gallant  fight,  but  was  defeated  by  about 
four  hundred  and  fifty  votes.  If  liis  disajipointment 
was  acute  at  thus  finding  himself  unexpectedly  thrust 
back  on  the  threshold  of  a  brilliant  congressional 
career,  no  sign  of  it  escaped  him.  IL^  went  cheer- 
fully back  to  1h(^  i)ractice  of  his  ])r<)fession,  and  there 
is    no    doubt    that    for    a    lime    he    regarded    his    })ublic 


EULOGY  BY  HON.  HENRY  CABOT  LODGE.  45 

life  as  closed.  As  early  as  April,  1892,  in  a  letter 
to  the  cliairinan  of  the  congressional  committee,  he 
declined  to  have  his  name  considered  as  a  candidate 
for    Congress    in    the    approaching    canvass. 

The  unlooked-for  and  accidental  defeat  of  the  Re- 
publican nominee  for  governor  in  1892  made  the 
selection  of  a  new  candidate  prol)al)le  in  the  succeed- 
ing year.  Several  gentlemen  were  put  forward,  and 
during  the  summer  months  of  1898  a  friendly  and 
earnest  contest  was  waged  for  the  nomination.  Some 
time  before  the  convention  assembled,  however,  it 
became  apparent  that  Mr.  Greenhalge  was  the  popu- 
lar choice,  and  the  other  candidates  withdrew.  The 
incidents  of  the  campaign  that  followed  are  still  fresh 
in  the  public  mind.  After  a  canvass  of  great  bril- 
liancy, ]\Ir.  Greenhalge  was  triumphantly  elected,  thus 
restoring  the  line  of  Republican  governors,  which  had 
l)een  l)roken  for  the  longest  period  in  the  history  of 
the  party  since  it  had  been  dominant  in  Massachu- 
setts, and  on  Jan.  4,  1894,  he  was  inaugurated.  In 
the  fall  of  1894  and  again  in  1895  he  was  re-elected 
by  enormous  majorities,  the  largest  that  have  been 
cast  for  any  governor  in  almost  a  generation.  When 
he  first  received  the  nomination,  he  told  the  conven- 
tion that  he  accepted  it  as  the  greatest  responsi1)ility 
of    his    life,    and    his     subsequent     career    showed    that 


46  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 


this  feeling  never  left  him  for  an  instant.  Through- 
out his  administration  he  did  his  duty  as  he  con- 
ceived it,  without  regard  to  his  personal  interests  or 
to  the  effect  of  his  acts  upon  his  own  political  fort- 
unes. He  may  have  made  mistakes  ;  every  successful 
man  who  does  things  worth  doing  is  sure  to  err  at 
times,  and  he  would  have  been  the  last  man  to  claim 
infallibility,  for  he  was  too  human  and  too  manly; 
but  he  never  acted  from  a  mean  or  low  motive,  and 
he  had  a  quick  and  sound  judgment.  He  decided 
each  question  as  it  was  presented  to  him  indepen- 
dently and  fearlessly,  not  infrequently  against  the  ad- 
vice and  judgment  of  some  of  his  warm  supporters. 
He  had  entire  courage,  physical  and  moral.  Early 
in  his  first  term  a  mob  entered  the  State  House. 
They  had  done  no  harm,  but  they  were  in  that  un- 
controlled condition  when  serious  danger  was  likely 
to  spring  up  in  an  instant.  A  mass  of  human  beings 
in  a  panic  or  in  a  mob,  excited  and  leaderless,  is 
always  a  peril.  When  the  governor  heard  that  this 
crowd  was  in  the  State  House  and  menacing  the  Leg- 
islature, he  did  not  stop  to  consider  what  should  be 
done,  but  went  out  at  once  and  looked  disorder  so 
squarely  in  the  face  that  quiet  was  restored.  This 
was  the  quick  instinct  of  the  high-spirited  man,  Avhen 
the    sudden    pressure    comes, — the    two-o'clock-in-thc- 


EULOGY  BY   HON.  HENRY   CABOT   LODGE.  47 


morning  courage  which  Napoleon  admired.  Governor 
Greenhalge  sent  no  one ;  he  went  himself  to  meet 
the  peril,  if  there  was  one,  and  at  his  coming  the 
danger    faded   and    fled. 

Courage  of  a  difi'erent  kind  he  had  also,  —  that 
moral  courage  which  makes  a  decision  amons  conflict- 
ing  interests,  and  after  careful  consideration,  as  he 
showed  on  various  occasions.  He  did  not  shrink  from 
putting  his  veto  upon  a  measure  which  had  a  pow- 
erful interest  or  a  popular  cry  behind  it,  whenever 
he  thought  his  duty  to  the  State  required  it ;  and 
the  State  sustained  him,  and  even  the  people  whom 
he  disappointed  in  the  end  respected  and  trusted  him 
more.  He  was  not  opinionated,  but  for  none  of  his 
more  important  acts,  when  he  came  to  review  them 
dispassionately,  did  he  experience  any  regret.  He  was 
justly  conscious  of  his  purity  of  motive,  and  the  apol- 
ogetic attitude  was  one  he  never  assumed.  A  con- 
spicuous instance  of  this  trait  appeared  the  last  time 
he  faced  a  Kepublican  convention.  He  alluded  to 
certain  strictures  which  had  been  passed  upon  him, 
and  then  with  an  outlnirst  of  deep  feeling  he  closed 
a  brief  reference  to  his  course  in  ofiice  b}'^  saying 
to  the  delegates  who  had  just  nominated  him  for  the 
third  time,  "In  the  language  of  the  great  reformer, 
so   help    me    God,  I    could    not    do    otherwise." 


48  THE   GREEXHALGE  MEMORIAL. 

He  was  diligent  and  indnstrioiis  in  his  daily  work, 
and  never  shirked  details.  AVith  the  growtli  of  the 
State  the  labors  of  the  Executive  have  multiplied,  and 
Governor  Greenhalge  discharged  them  all  conscien- 
tiously and  faithfully.  The  work  now  incident  to  the 
office,  the  work  really  due  to  the  public,  is  enough 
to  tax  sufficiently  the  strength  and  al)ility  of  any 
man.  But  insensibly  there  has  grown  u})  the  habit 
of  expecting  the  governor  of  Massachusetts  to  l)e 
present  and  to  speak  at  all  sorts  of  gatherings  and 
on  all  kinds  of  occasions,  wholly  unofficial  and  in 
no  sense  properly  pertaining  to  the  office.  These 
incessant  demands  Governor  Greenhalge  met  with  the 
generosity  which  was  so  marked  a  quality  of  his 
character.  But  the  demands  ought  never  to  have 
been  made  or  complied  with,  for  they  put  upon 
him  such  a  burden  and  so  strained  l)oth  l)ody  and 
mind  that  at  last  his  health  gave  way.  At  first  the 
illness  seemed  trifling.  Then  with  a  terril)le  shock 
we  heard  that  he  was  dying,  and  in  a  few  days  the 
end  came.  He  died  in  his  prime,  worn  out  in  the 
pu])lic  service,  and  the  people  of  a  great  American 
Connnonwealth  watched  Avith  loving  sympathy  over 
his  last  hours,  and  mourned  l)eside  his  grave,  near 
the  ])usy  city  whicli  he  loved,  and  to  which  he  had 
come,  a  little  )joy  of  English  birth,  forty  years  before. 


EULOGY   BY  HON.  HENRY  CABOT  LODGE.  49 

So  this  honorable  life  of  work  and  conflict,  of 
happiness  and  success,  closed.  The  first  thought  that 
comes  to  me  as  I  look  back  over  the  record,  is  the 
strong  race  quality  shown  1)}^  Governor  Greenhalge. 
He  was  born  in  Enorland.  He  was  of  ancient  En*?- 
lish  stock,  formed  by  the  mingling  of  Saxon  and 
Dane  years  before  the  "  galloping  Norman  came." 
He  was  thirteen  years  old  when  he  came  to  Lowell, 
and  all  the  strong  associations  of  his  childhood  be- 
longed to  England,  Yet  no  better,  no  more  thorough 
American  ever  lived  than  he.  There  was  no  foreign 
prefix  and  no  hyphen  attached  to  his  Americanism. 
He  got  his  education  here ;  he  absorbed  the  spirit 
of  our  life ;  he  was  full  of  patriotism ;  he  was  for 
America  against  the  world.  The  fact  is,  he  came 
from  the  old  home  of  the  English-speaking  people, 
to  find  here  the  larger  part  of  that  people  as  it 
exists  to-day ;  and  in  both  branches  the  great  race 
qualities,  forged  and  welded  through  more  than  a 
thousand  years  of  toil  and  strife,  are  the  same. 
The  difierences  are  superficial,  the  identities  pro- 
found. To  a  man  like  Governor  Greenhalge,  the 
ideas,  the  beliefs,  the  habits,  the  aspirations  of  the 
great  American  democracy  appealed  more  strongly 
than  those  of  the  land  he  had  left.  The  air  of 
America   was    more    native    to    him    than    that    of    the 


50  THE   GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

country  of  his  birth.  So  he  1)ecaiiie  and  lived  and 
died  an  American  in  every  fibre  of  his  l)eing,  some- 
thing always  worthy  of  remembrance  among  a  people 
proud   of  their    country  and   l)elieving   in    its    destiny. 

One  reason  for-  his  Americanism  was  that  he  was 
democratic  in  the  true  sense,  cringing  to  no  man, 
courteous  to  all.  He  was  simple  in  his  life,  devoted 
and  tender  to  wife  and  children,  a  lover  of  home,  — 
the  altar  and  shrine  of  the  race  who  read  the  Bil)le 
in  the  language  of  Shakespeare.  He  was  brave  and 
loyal, — loyal  with  that  chivalrous  loyalty  which  is 
not  too  common,  l)ut  which  leads  a  man  like  him  to 
come  unasked  to  the  aid  of  a  friend,  and  to  give  and 
take  blows  in  a  friend's  behalf,  as  the  Black  Knight 
came  to   the   side  of  Ivanhoe  when  he  was  sore   beset. 

He  was  honest  in  word  and  deed,  and  untouched 
by  the  unwholesome  passion  for  mere  money,  which 
is  one  of  the  darkest  perils  of  these  modern  times. 
He  loved  literature  and  books  with  a  real  love  and  rev- 
erence, and  held  scholarship  in  honor,  as  it  has  always 
been  held  in  New  England,  and  I  trust  ever  will  be. 

Of  his  qualities  and  gifts  as  a  public  man  there  is 
little  need  for  me  to  speak.  They  are  known  to  you 
all,  and  arc  fresh  in  your  remembrance.  The  echoes 
of  that  ready  speech,  now  flashing  with  humor  and 
satire,    now  rich  in   eloquence   and  feeling,  in   imagery 


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and  allusion,  still  sound  in  our  ears.  With  memory 
sharpened  by  sorrow,  we  all  recall  his  ability  in  ad- 
ministration, his  capacity  for  business,  his  unfailing 
charm  of  manner,  his  simple  but  strong  religious 
faith  and  his  large  and  generous  tolerance.  These 
qualities  were  known  and  honored  of  all  men,  and 
they  had  their  reward,  not  in  the  high  offices  w^hich 
came  to  him,  l)ut  in  the  confidence  and  affection 
which   he    inspired. 

His  was  a  life  worth  living.  He  made  it  so  both 
for  himself  and  for  others.  He  did  a  man's  work, 
he  fought  a  man's  fight,  he  made  his  mark  upon  his 
time.  It  is  a  life  worth  studying,  not  merely  because 
it  was  an  example  of  the  rise  from  small  beginnings 
to  o-reat  conclusions,  which  it  is  one  of  the  glories 
of  our  country  to  make  possible  for  all  men,  but 
because  it  was  a  life  of  lofty  aims,  of  high  hopes, 
of  honorable  achievement.  He  has  left  us  a  fine  and 
gracious  memory,  to  be  treasured  in  the  history  of 
the  old  State  he  served  so  well;  and  let  this  thought 
mingle  with  our  sadness  and  linger  longest  in  our 
memories.  Let  us  end  as  we  began,  with  the  Eliza- 
bethan poet,  no  longer  stern,  but  in  a  softer,  tenderer 
strain.  Let  us  not  forget  that  if  "The  garlands  wither 
on  our  brow,"  it  is  also  true  that  "The  actions 
of  the   just  smell  sweet  and  l)lossoni  in  the  dust." 


Appendix. 


Programme. 


Presiding   Officer,      .     .      Hi.s  Honor  Roger  Wolcott 
Overture  to  the  Oratorio  of  "St.  Paul,"   .    Mendelssohn 

Orchestra.    B.  J.  Lang,  Conductor. 

Prayer,         .  ,         Rev.  Edicard  Everett  Hale,  D.D. 

Requiem  for  Chorus  and  Orchestra,   .  Johannes  Brahms 

Sung  by  The  Cecilia  of  Boston.    B.  J.  Laxg,  Conductor. 


Blessed  are  they  that  go  mourninir,  for  the  Lord 
he  shall  give  them  comfort.  Seed  in  sorrow  scattered 
yieldeth  a  joyful  harvest.  For  he  that  goeth  weep- 
ing and  beareth  seed  so  precious,  shall  come  back 
rejoicing  and  bringing  sheaves  in  plenty. 


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n. 

Behold,  all  flesh  is  as  the  grass,  and  all  the 
ffoodliness  of  man  is  as  the  o;rass  and  flowers.  The 
grass  it  doth  wither,  and  the  flower  it  decay eth. 

Now  therefore  he  patient,  hrethrcn,  unto  the  coming 
of  Christ. 

See  how  the  husbandman  waiteth  for  the  excellent 
fruit  of  autumn,  and  hath  long  patience  for  it,  until 
he  receive  the  rains  of  the  morning  and  evening 
showers. 

Behold,  all  flesh  is  as  the  grass,  and  all  the 
goodliness  of  man  is  as  the  grass  and  flowers.  The 
grass    it  doth  wither,   and   the    flower   it    decayeth. 

So  then  be  patient;  God's  word  endureth  ever,  yea, 
in   eternity. 

The  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall  return  with  singing 
unto   Zion,  coming  rejoicing. 

Gladness  eternal  shall  be  upon  them  for  aye ; 
gladness  and  rapture,  these  shall  be  their  portion : 
and  tears   and  siiihino-  shall    flee   from  them. 

III. 

Blessed  are  the  faithful,  who  in  the  Lord  are 
sleeping,  from  henceforth.  Saith  the  spirit,  they  may 
rest  from  their  toil  and  labors  ;  their  works  of  mercy 
follow  after  them. 


APPENDIX.  57 


Eulogy,         ....   Hon.  Henry  Cabot  Lodge 
Hymn,  "America,"       ....       8.  F.  Smith 

Frederick  Lewis,  Organist. 


[All  are  requested  to  rise  and  join  in  Binging  the  hymn.] 

My  country,  'tis  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty,  — 

Of  thee  I  sing : 
Land  where  my  fathers  died, 
Land  of  the  pilgrim's  pride, 
From  evei^'  moimtain  side 

Let  freedom  ring ! 

Our  fathers'  God,  to  thee, 
Author  of  liberty,  — 

To  thee  we  sing : 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
AVith  freedom's  holy  light ; 
Protect  us  by  thy  might, 

Great  God,  our  King. 


Benediction,  .  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hah,  D.D. 


Memorial  Committee. 


JOHN  M.  HARLOW, 

of  Governor''s  Council. 

GEORGE  P.  LAWRENCE, 

President  of  Senate. 


GEORGE  V.  L.  MEYER, 

Speaker  of  House  of  Representatives. 


RESOLUTIONS 


ON  THE  DEATH  OF  HIS  LATE  EXCELLENCY 


Frederic  T.  Greenhalge. 


WHEKEAS,  The  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts in  General  Court  assembled  have  learned  with 
profound  sorrow  of  the  death  of  his  late  Excellency, 
Frederic  T.  Greentialge,  the  honored  and  beloved 
Governor    of  this    Commonwealth,  — 

Resolved,  That  in  his  death  the  Commonwealth 
loses  an  able  and  devoted  governor,  the  jieople  of 
the  State  a  tried  and  loyal  friend,  the  nation  a  high- 
minded  and  patriotic  citizen.  Having  no  advantages 
of  fortune  or  of  Inrth,  this  son  of  the  people,  by 
the  force  of  his  a1)ility  and  worth,  rose  to  fill  high 
public  stations  and  to  render  conspicuous  services  to 
the  Commonwealth  which  he  loved  and  which  hon- 
ored him.  Treading  with  cheerful  steps  the  hard 
road  of  duty  and  of  opportunity,  he  attained  high 
success   in  his   chosen  fields  of  usefulness,  and  showed 


60  THE   GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 

once  more  the  possibilities  that,  under  our  free 
institutions,  lie  before  him  who  has  the  heart  and 
strength   to    make    the    battle. 

His  career  is  alike  an  inspiration  and  an  example 
to  every  ambitious  youth  and  to  every  man  in  pub- 
lic life.  It  bids  the  youth  aspire  and  fit  himself  to 
deserve  success.  It  calls  upon  him  who  would  win 
lasting  approval  in  public  affairs  to  cease  time-serv- 
ing, and  to  serve  the  State  as  his  sense  of  duty 
bids ;  to  cast  aside  timidity,  and  be  brave ;  to  rise 
above  the  small  expediency  of  the  hour,  and  stand 
for  principle  and  conviction ;  to  heed  not  the  clamor 
of  the  day,  but  to  follow  the  call  of  duty.  Ani- 
mated by  such  a  spirit,  he  whoui  we  mourn  served 
well  his  State,  his  country  and  his  age,  and  leaves 
for  his  family,  his  friends  and  his  fellow-citizens  a 
proud  record   and  an  honored  and   inspiring  memory. 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  entered  on  the 
journals  of  the  two  Houses,  and  that  an  engrossed 
copy  of  the  same  be  sent  to  the  l)ereaved  family, 
to  whom,  in  their  deep  atfliction,  the  sincere  sym- 
pathy of  the  Senate  and  the  House  and  of  the 
people  of  the  entire  Counnonwealth  is  respectfully 
tendered. 


Commontoialt^  of  l^tassac^usdls. 


BY 

HIS  HONOR  ROGER  WOLGOTT, 

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR,   ACTING  GOVERNOR  AND  COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 
OF  THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS: 

A  Proglamation. 


WHEREAS,  Frederic  T.  Greenhalge,  late  Governor 
and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  died  at  Lowell  on  the  fifth  day  of 
March,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-six ;  and 

Whereas,  The  Constitution  authorizes  and  requires 
the  Lieutenant-Governor  in  such  an  event  to  perform 
all  the  duties  incumbent  upon,  and  to  have  and  exercise 
all  the  powers  and  authorities  vested  with,  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Commonwealth :    now, 

Therefore,  It  has  become  my  duty,  in  compliance 
with  the  usage  of  this  government,  to  cause  these  facts 
to    be    and    they    are    hereby   made    known    by    public 


62  THE  GREENHALGE  MEMORIAL. 


proclamation  to  the  citizens  of  the  Commonwealth,  to 
the  end  that  all  the  people,  and  more  especially  all 
officers,  civil  and  military,  may  take  notice  thereof 
and  govern  themselves  accordingly. 

And  far  flier,  I  recommend  to  all  city  and  town 
authorities  that,  l)y  the  placing  of  flags  at  half-mast 
on  all  pul)lic  buildings,  hy  the  tolling  of  bells  at  the 
hour  of  the  funeral,  by  appropriate  exercises  in  the 
public  schools,  or  l)y  such  other  method  as  may  seem 
to  them  lilting,  they  shall  give  public  expression  to  the 
grief  of  the  })eoplc  of  the  Commonwealth  at  the  death 
of  their  honored  and  l)eloved  Chief  Magistrate. 

Given  at  the  Council  Chamljcr,   in  Boston,  this  fifth 

day  of  March,   in  the   year  of  our  Lord  one   thousand 

eiglit  hundred  and  ninety-six,  and  of  the  Independence 

of  the  United  States  of  America  the  one   hundred  and 

twentieth. 

IIOGER  WOLCOTT. 

By  His  Honor  the  Lieutenant-Governor,  with 
the  Advice  and  Consent. of  the  Council. 

WILLIAM   M.    OLIX, 

Secretary. 

(Sob  .5abt  tb£  Commontocaltb  of  IHassacbnsEtts. 


MEMORIAL   TRIBUTE 


Governor  Greenhalge 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Council  Chamber,  Boston,  March  12,  1896. 

THE  Lieutenant-Governor  and  the  Executive  Council 
of  ^Massachusetts  for  the  year  1896,  in  common 
with  all  the  people  of  this  Commonwealth,  feel  a  deep 
sense  of  loss  to  the  State  and  nation  in  the  premature 
death  of  our  beloved  Governor  Frederic  Thomas 
Greenhalge. 

He  has  left  us  in  the  maturity  of  his  early  man- 
hood and  in  the  full  pla}^  of  his  splendid  abilities  to 
plan  and  to  execute,  and  all  the  people  may  well  give 
expression  to  their  grief  at  the  untimely  departure  of 
a  chief  magistrate  so  entirely  devoted  to  their  service. 
This  Council  will  miss  his  genial  presence,  his  wise 
leadership  and  his  personal  friendship. 

Coming  to  this  country  in  childhood  and  in  humble 
circumstances,  he,  like  man\'  others  Avho  have  acquired 
leadership   and  fame,   had  to   work   out  his   destiny  by 


64  THE    GREENHALGE   MEMORIAL. 

the  force  of  his  indomitable  will.  His  growth  and 
success  were  phenomenal.  Heroes  are  born,  not  made. 
Frederic  T.  Greenhalge  was  both  born  great  and 
grew  great.  He  readily  imbibed  the  spirit  of  American 
institutions,  and  his  early  life  and  the  training  of  his 
intellectual  powers  in  the  schools  was  a  fine  illustra- 
tion of  American  opportunity,  American  civilization 
and  Massachusetts  education.  He  was  of  and  for  the 
people.  He  l)elieved  in  them  and  trusted  them. 
They  ])elieved  in  him  and  loved  him,  and  when  the 
power  of  speech  and  the  fire  of  eloquence  were  called 
for  to  stir  men  to  enthusiasm  and  action,  they  were 
sure  to  be  found  in  Frederic  T.  Greenhalge.  He  cap- 
tivated men  not  so  much  by  his  eloquence  as  by  his 
earnestness  and  his  sincerity.  A  lawyer  by  profession, 
he  spent  much  of  his  life  in  the  public  service.  In 
the  councils  and  as  mayor  of  his  own  city,  in  the 
Legislature  of  this  State,  he  took  position  at  the  front 
and  did  good  service.  A  l)rilliant  career  of  two  years 
in  the  National  House  of  Representatives,  and  finally 
as  Governor  of  this  Commonwealth,  completed  his  pul)- 
lic  service ;  every  })()sition  he  filled  he  adorned.  He 
was  a  man  of  fix(Ml  ()})iiiions,  and  Avhen  conclusions 
were  reached,  and  believed  by  him  to  l)e  founded  on 
principles  of  justice  and  truth,  it  was  useless  to  try 
to   chancre   his   course.       He  was   conscientious   and  un- 


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tiring  in  liis  discharge  of  public  duty,  and,  though 
sometimes  criticised  hy  those  who  watched  for  his 
halting,  his  praises  now  fall  from  their  lii)s. 

Taken  prematurely  in  the  middle  of  a  career,  which, 
had  he  lived,  might  have  l)een  greatly  extended,  he 
drops  ])y  the  wayside  leaving  a  reputation  of  honor- 
able service  to  the  Commonwealth  without  a  stain. 
History  will  assign  him  an  honorable  place  in  the  lono- 
line  of  illustrious  chief  magistrates  of  this  Common- 
wealth, and  his  memory  will  live  in  the  hearts  of 
the  people  for  ages  yet  to  come. 

Without  rudely  invading  the  sanctity  of  private 
grief,  we  tender  our  heartfelt  sympathy  to  the  sorrow- 
inof  familv. 


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